He's been thinking about it for six months. Might we finally get a decision today?

In a news release issued this morning, Kendall Pryles, Peebles' spokeswoman, said Peebles would be on WPFW with Jonetta Rose Barras and Eugene Kinlow at 11 a.m. "to discuss his plans for the 2010 mayoral election and the state of the District."

No word from Pryles as to what those plans might be.

Peebles, a D.C. native, has said he would throw in about $5 million of his own money to run, but he's so late in the game. Candidates, including Mayor Adrian Fenty, have already started turning in their petitions. The race is on, and Peebles, if he does run, has missed critical opportunities — a raft of forums and straw polls — to get his name and issues out there.

We will update if there's any reason to.

Update

Peebles says he "does not plan to run for mayor," citing the cancer that has devastated his mother-in-law.

"You never say never, but I do not plan to be a candidate," Peebles said.

He tells Jonetta that when he booked the appearance on the show last week, he was ready to announce a campaign as an independent. That would pit him against, likely, either Mayor Adrian Fenty or D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray, who are battling for the Democratic nomination. And maybe Independent At-large Councilman Michael Brown, who has suggested he would run if Fenty wins the Sept. 14 primary.

Of course, there's still wiggle room here, as independent candidates have little to do before mid-September. Peebles very much sounds like a candidate, ("It's apparent that Washington, D.C. needs a change, needs to go in a different direction.") and he says he's still getting an "outpour of support to run."

"If I felt that one of the candidates were transformational and what the District truly needed, I never would run," he said, declining to endorse any candidate.